# Attack Surface Reduction / Feature Exposure

> "attack-surface-reduction" (security-core layer) is traded against "Feature Exposure" (security-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Feature Exposure" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:attack-surface-reduction-feature-exposure`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-attack-surface-reduction-feature-exposure

## tensions-with

- [Attack Surface Reduction](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/attack-surface-reduction.md)
- [Feature Exposure](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/feature-exposure.md)